Senior Producer
As a Senior Producer, you will manage a team within your dedicated brand vertical and oversee work from brief through to delivery. You will lead production across a range of campaign types, including large-scale branding projects, TV commercials, photo shoots, activations, online and social content, and integrated campaigns.
You will act as the lead producer for either Ladbrokes, Coral, or Gala/Foxy/Party, although there may be opportunities to support across multiple brand departments. You will also serve as the primary production contact and escalation point for at least one brand.
- Produce all elements of 360° media campaigns, ensuring delivery of both on and off-air campaign assets.
- Guide projects from briefing through to delivery across your assigned brand.
- Scope production solutions for Tier 1 projects, ensuring assets are delivered on time and within budget.
- Manage integrated projects from initial brief through to post-live support.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, budgets and timelines.
- Create production estimates and present them to stakeholders.
- Track, manage and reconcile campaign budgets throughout the project lifecycle.
- Reconcile and close project budgets upon completion.
- Manage licensing requirements for campaign assets, including music, imagery, voiceover and fonts.
- Source and manage external production suppliers and partners.
- Raise purchase orders and process invoices.
- Coordinate supplier onboarding activities.
- Assess incoming briefs within Wrike and allocate work to Producers and Production Coordinators.
- Support projects throughout their lifecycle, providing guidance and escalation where required.
- Manage feedback and approval processes across the Creative team and wider business stakeholders.
- Communicate project scope changes and ensure they are managed throughout delivery.
- Take ownership of the production partnership between the Creative team and stakeholders for at least one brand, including leading weekly status meetings.
- Ensure all production practices comply with relevant industry regulations, health and safety standards and insurance requirements.
- Ensure all campaign content is legally compliant and communicated to the Delivery and Automation teams.
- Oversee clearance requirements where applicable.
- Line manage Producers and Production Coordinators.
- Support team development through regular one-to-one meetings and goal setting.
- Monitor workload, capacity and resource allocation across the team.
- Build relationships with new suppliers and third-party partners.
- Proactively research production companies, post-production houses, directors and photographers.
- Support other brands, including during holiday periods.
- Occasional travel, including overseas travel, may be required.
- Experience as a Senior Producer or Producer with post-production experience gained within an advertising agency, production company or in-house creative team (required).
- A portfolio demonstrating delivery of large-scale productions, including multi-location and large cast/talent projects (required).
- Extensive knowledge of multi-channel production, including formats, media and campaign rollouts (required).
- Demonstrable commercial production and digital media knowledge (required).
- Strong understanding of production and post-production workflows, including design and audio (required).
- Knowledge of technical specifications and media management processes (required).
- Understanding of camera, lighting, studio and location equipment requirements (required).
- Experience producing moving image content across live action and animation (required).
- Extensive experience with Clearcast and radio clearance processes (required).
- Strong financial management skills, including budget management, reconciliation, invoicing and purchase orders (required).
- Experience managing multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously (required).
- Proven ability to remain organised and effective under pressure (required).
- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to respond to reactive requests (required).
- Experience line managing team members (required).
- An established network of industry contacts and production partners (required).
- Experience gained across both agency and in-house environments (nice-to-have).
- Knowledge of, or interest in, horse racing and/or sports betting (nice-to-have).
- Generous group bonus scheme
- Hybrid working - 2 days in the office
- Private medical insurance
- Pension Scheme - matched to 6%
- Ability to buy and sell holiday
- Free subscription to wellbeing app Unmind
- Entain & Enhance days - 2 paid days off to focus on your professional or personal development
- Sharesave Scheme
Entain is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming entertainment groups and a FTSE 100 company. Formed when GVC Holdings rebranded as Entain in December 2020, its brands trace their history back to the 1880s and include bwin, Coral, Foxy, Gala, Ladbrokes and partypoker. Through its joint venture with MGM Resorts International, it powers BetMGM in the United States with its proprietary technology. Headquartered in London, Entain employs over 30,000 people with offices across 19 countries.